Drivers Now Feel Safer On The Roads!

One-third of Irish drivers believe their driving habits and behaviour has improved in the last two years, according to a new European road behaviour survey by AXA Insurance.

Almost 50% of Irish drivers feel that road users should have more severe punisment for traffic offences, while only 28% of drivers in France believe in harder penalties.

The road behaviour survey involved interviews with 800 drivers in Ireland and other countries, including Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. The results of the survey show that Irish drivers are aware of the dangers on our roads. AXA Insurance said “The survey showed that 92% of Irish drivers say they consider being over the limit to be reducibly dangerous, a much higher percentage than the European average of 78%."

But only 6% of Irish drivers admit to having been fined or receiving penalty points in the past year. This compares to 24% in Germany, 23% in Switzerland, 21% in Belgium and 7% in the UK.
Meanwhile 29% of Irish drivers admitted to chatting on the phone without a handsfree kit, which compares poorly to the United Kingdom score of 14%.